Film 06 · The routes
Left or Right? Cumberland River Routes
Pull out of Clarksville Marina at Mile 127.4 and you have two ways to go. Upstream is 63.8 river miles to the Nashville riverfront with one lock at Cheatham. Downstream is 94.6 miles to the Barkley Canal with no locks at all, or 96.8 to Barkley Lock and Dam. We traced both on the map, then covered what lives in the water and what every season looks like out there.
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This is not a navigation chart. Check lock schedules with the Corps of Engineers and check river levels and weather before you go. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. Aerial imagery from USGS NAIP. Photos via Wikimedia Commons (USACE, NPS, NASA, USFWS and others), credited at the end of the film.
Sources
Every date and number in the film comes from these. Where sources differ, like the river's length (687 to about 700 miles), the film says so.
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